Fabric-bolt board



Nov. 26, 1929. l. H. BERNSTEIN FABRIC BOLT BOARD Filed July 27, 1927 INVE1 VTOR. 52mm B I 3 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 26, 1929 1,736,776

UNITED STATES OFFICE.

IRVING I-I. BERNSTEIN, new ronic, N. x.

FABRIC-BOLT I Application filed July 27, 1927. Serial ll'o; 208,756.

This invention relates to fabric bolt boards, extend beyond the end of the bolt board andsuch as are used in department stores,'etc., this'extendedpor'tion isinserted in the groove for storing cloth and other fabrics on shelves. 8 betvveen'the plate 9 and the end of the In dry goods stores where a large number board, as shown in Fig. 2 for exhibition 5 of bolts of cloth of difierent designs, colors through the window, which is of lesser length {55 and shades are stacked on shelves or tables, than the width of the cloth strip. etc, it is very inconvenient to get a bolt at In order to facilitate grasping of the end the bottom or near the bottom of a stack for 12 of the strip, the lower portion of the board the purpose of showing a customer a sample at the groove 8 is notched as shown at 18.

10 of the cloth contained in such bolt and it is Now when it is desired to obtain a sample {59 generally necessary to remove all the bolts of the cloth, all that is necessary to do is to of cloth above the desired bolt in order to pull a portion of the strip 11 outwardly and show the cloth. cut off the necessary sample, and it is to be The object of this invention is to provide noted that numerous samples may be cut a novel bolt board which will permit the from the strip without waste. The lower 95 showing of a sample of cloth from the end edge of the metallic plate 9 may be used for of the bolt board, without the inconvenience cutting such samples, and the plate 9 may of removing other bolts of cloth as heretobe provided with a cutting edge to facilifore. tate this operation. 1 20 Fig. 1 shows the novel bolt board with cloth In 3 is shown a modified form in which 1? wound about it. no groove is out in the board, but fixed to Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary crossthe end of the board is a metallic plate 13 sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1. having a raised portion 14 in the centre there- Fig.3 shows a modified form of the device. of and a window 15 in this raised portion.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the de- The raised portion 1 1 provides a space be- '15 vice shown in Fig. 1. tween. the plate 13 and the end of the board i Fig. 5 shows a further modified form. corresponding to the groove 8 shown in Fig. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the form 1 and the sample to be shown is manipulated shown in Fig. 5. in the same manner.

Referring to Fig. 1, a bolt board 7 is shown In Fig. 5 is shown a further modification having cut in one end thereof a groove 8, in which the bolt board is provided with a the groove being about inch deep, and 2 slot 17 extending completely through the to 2 inches in Width and over this groove board adjacent its end, as shown in detail in is placed a metal plate 9 having therein a Fig. 6 and the desired sample 12 is manipuwindow 10, the plate being secured to the lated in the same manner to appear through end of the bolt board by nails or other suitan opening 19, in the end of the board to in- M able means and the outermost surface of the tersect the slot 17. plate being flush with the surface of the end From the above it will be seen that there of the bolt board. has been provided a novel and convenient 40 Several layers of cloth are wound about the means for displaying cloth wound upon bolts board in the usual manner and a sample strip without the necessity of taking down a large of the cloth 11, cut from the end of the outer number of bolts of cloths in order to have most layer, about two inches wide, is forced access to the desired cloth. between the first layer of cloth and the board The improved bolt board obviously will 45 until this strip 11 extends a considerable dissave much time in the sale of fabrics, and also tanee along the board beneath the layers of enable the stacking of bolts of cloths in an cloth wound thereon, a ruler or yard stick orderly manner without the necessity of disbeing conveniently used for this purpose. turbing the stack whenever it is merely de- As will be seen in the drawings, a portion sired to show a sample of cloth in any par- 50 12 of thestrip of cloth may be allowed to ticular bolt.

I claim:

1. In a fabric bolt board having a groove in the end thereof, a plate fixed to the end of the board and covering the groove, said plate having a Window therein communicating with said groove and a sharpened edge for cutting fabrics passing through said groove. t

2. A fabric bolt board having a groove in the end thereof, the groove being enlarged near the lower surface of'the'board, and a plate fixed to the end of the board and having a Window therein communicating with sai groove for dlsplaying asample of the fabric taken from the board passing through said groove.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, June, 1927.

' IRVING H. BERNSTEIN. 

